Wage Gaps

ACTION: RECKON WITH REAL COST

On April 1st, Michele Pred will be giving out 1 Dollar bills that have been precisely cut to represent the differences between what women of different racial backgrounds earn as compared to white men. The bills are stamped with the actual percentages:

63% for African American women

54% for Latin American women

59% for Native American women

75% for White women

84% for Asian American women

This level of detail is meant to shine a light on the complexities of the unequal distribution of economic power. As Pred hands the bills out to women and men she will spark a brief conversation about wage gaps and the economics of inequality. With Pred’s tactile representations of facts in hand, these conversations are undeniably powerful. The bills become the very stuff of economic power… or lack thereof.

This event takes place at the Project for Empty Space in Newark, New Jersey, at the closing of the exhibition “Grab Back.” For more information visit http://www.projectforemptyspace.org/

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